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Assessing for Impact: Key Elements to Successful Group Mentoring at the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta

Date Published

September 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of the Leadership Foundations' Mentoring Youth for Leadership Initiative: Evaluating Impact, Program Practices, and Implementation on High-Risk Youth

Date Published

September 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Unconventional Wisdom: Research Shakes Up Assumptions About Sex Trafficking Clues in Online Escort Ads

Date Published

May 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Unconventional Wisdom: Research Shakes Up Assumptions About Sex Trafficking Clues in Online Escort Ads

Date Published

May 8, 2024

Scientific study finds that many widely recognized indicators of trafficking in online escort ads are likely not reliable. Research also produces new practice guide.

From Research to Reality: Recruiting More Women into the Policing Profession: Preliminary Results of an NIJ-funded Applied Research Project

July 2023

This webinar features the work of Dr. Jen Ranier, a research psychologist who studies workplace and workforce issues at RTI International. The project presented in this webinar had the goal of identifying ways to help law enforcement agencies recruit more women.

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Lessons Learned on the Methodological Challenges in Studying Rare Violent Incidents

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

May 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Reference Material

Preventing the Next Sext: A Behavioral Economic Approach to Understanding Non-consensual Nude Photo Sharing Decisions in a High School Community

Date Published

March 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation, Program/Project Evaluation

Identifying and Embedding Brokers into a Multi-tiered System of Services to Reduce the Bystander Effect Leading to a Reduction in School Violence: End of Grant Report

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of a Principal Training Program to Promote Safe and Civil Schools

Date Published

March 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Leaving Gangs and Desisting from Crime Using a Multidisciplinary Team Approach: A Randomized Control Trial Evaluation of the Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver

Date Published

March 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Lessons Learned on the Methodological Challenges in Studying Rare Violent Incidents

SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF HATE CRIMES IN THE US: A FACTORIAL SURVEY EXPERIMENT

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Thesis/Dissertation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Binge Drinking, Job Stressors, and Resilience in a Nationally Representative Sample of Law Enforcement Officers

Journal

Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Too Sensitive or Not Sensitive Enough? Sensitivity to Context and Justice-involved Youths' Response to Violence Exposure

Journal

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Date Published

March 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluating and Assessing Terrorism Prevention Programs: What Research Sponsored by the National Institute of Justice Tells Us

Date Published

April 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Role of Social Networks in Facilitating and Preventing Domestic Radicalization: What Research Sponsored by the National Institute of Justice Tells Us

Date Published

April 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Role of the Internet and Social Media on Radicalization: What Research Sponsored by the National Institute of Justice Tells Us

Date Published

April 2024

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

In Their Own Words: Challenges and Successes for Victim Service Providers During Covid-19

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Victim Service Provision: Recommendations for VSPs to Mitigate Future Service Disruption

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Empirics of Immigration and Homicide: Evidence from California and Texas

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Solitary Confinement and the Well-being of People in Prison

Journal

Social Science & Medicine

Date Published

October 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

'Family Doesn't Have to be Mom and Dad': an Exploration of the Meaning of Family for Care-experienced Young People

Journal

Families Relationships and Societies

Date Published

October 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Philosophies in Community Supervision of Gang-Involved Youth and Adults

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

March 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Nevada SafeVoice, Final Summary Overview

Date Published

April 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purposes of Labor in the United States

Date Published

2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)